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American
Democracy
Leon
Panetta visit kicks off project
After
nearly 40 years in public service, Leon Panetta could
retire and spend his days playing golf at world famous
Pebble Beach, near his hometown of Monterey, Calif.
But the former congressman who served as President
Clinton's budget director and later chief of staff is
doing no such thing -- though he has been known to hit
the links with the likes of Clint Eastwood and Jesse
Ventura.
ISU
plays key role in developing American Democracy
project
Benjamin among 15 presidents who took part in initial
discussions
Indiana State University
has played a key role in developing the vision for the
American Democracy Project and in helping to get the
nationwide initiative off the ground, New York Times
representatives said during former White House Chief
of Staff Leon Panetta's campus visit to help kick off
the project to promote civic involvement among college
students.
United
Way 2003 campus campaign kicks off
The
Indiana
State University campus kicked off its 2003 United Way
campaign Sept. 10 in Dede III of Hulman Memorial
Student Union.
Benjamin:
'We must continue the climb'
Many
ISU programs being recognized for excellence; New
adventures are on the horizon, president said
Indiana State University
has made a series of bold moves that raise the bar of
expectation and help the university continue on the
path to pre-eminence, President Lloyd W. Benjamin III
said in his fourth fall welcome address to the campus
community.
School
psychology doctoral program earns reaccreditation
The
doctoral program in school psychology at Indiana
State University has been awarded reaccreditation by
the American Psychological Association (APA).
State
Farm Executive in Residence visits Indiana State
Indiana
State University students gained first-hand knowledge
from a top executive with a major insurance company
recently through the School of Business Executive in
Residence program.
IT
partnership helps city of Terre Haute develop computer
system, Indiana State fight brain drain
Business,
computer science and information technology students
at Indiana
State University are gaining valuable real world
experience while helping City Hall develop a
state-of-the-art computer system.
Barbara
Ehrenreich to speak at Indiana State Oct. 7
Award-winning
author, essayist and social critic Barbara Ehrenreich
will speak at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 7 in Indiana
State University's Tilson Auditorium as part of the
2003-2004 University Speakers Series.
Networks
executive director named
Liz
Georgakopoulos well-respected in financial services
industry
Liz Georgakopoulos, a
well-known and well-respected executive in the
financial services industry, has been named executive
director of Networks, an outreach of the Indiana State
University School of Business.
First
class of Networks Scholars receives laptop computers
Eighteen
Indiana State University freshmen from across Indiana
and Illinois received state-of-the-art laptop
computers during a recent ceremony celebrating their
arrival to campus and their participation in elite
scholarship programs in the School of Business.
Moroccans
learn much at Indiana State
Summer
Institute provides valuable knowledge for higher
education leaders to take back to their country
Higher education leaders
from Morocco say they learned much about
American-style university governance during a summer
institute at Indiana State University, and they plan
to implement much of what they learned as their nation
undertakes education reform.
Hantzis
returns from year as ACE Fellow
Associate
dean grateful for support from ISU, NKU
A 20-minute one-on-one
conversation with a governor and a visit to Hungary to
study European higher education reform are just two of
the many exciting experiences Darlene Hantzis had
during her year as an ACE Fellow.
Theater
department announces FallStage 2003 productions
The
Indiana State University theater department will
present a wide variety of performances throughout the
Fall 2003 semester, from the trials of a single mother
to children's folktales and tales of gods and mortals.
ISU
professor, alumnus share poetry coincidence
Matt
Brennan, Josh Bell poems appear at same time in 'Blue
Unicorn'
What are the odds? A
young woman leaves her local mall and goes out into
the sea of cars in the parking lot. She strolls up to
her 1993 white Toyota Corolla and inserts the key.
Click. The door unlocks. She gets in and prepares to
leave, only to look at the hula girl suction-cupped to
the dashboard. This is not her car. She parked two
rows over.
HMSU
undergoes summer transformation
Floors
five through eight get face lift; Commons takes on
colorful look
Hammering, sawing and
drilling have been familiar sounds heard around Hulman
Memorial Student Union the past few months.
Student
Publications gets more space, new computers
Thanks
to student workers at Indiana State University's
Student Publications, the seventh floor of Hulman
Memorial Student Union has been remodeled.
ISU
students join study of Australian sea floor
International
project examines climate change in Murray Canyon
Students at Indiana State
University are helping an international team of
scientists unlock the secrets of the Murray Canyon, a
vast system of deep-sea canyons off the southern coast
of Australia.
Nursing
students take message to schools, daycare centers
Students
in Indiana State University's School of Nursing are
eager to do more than care for sick people. They want
to do their part to help people learn healthy habits
so they don't get sick.
Trustees,
alumni boards welcome new members
Ron
Duke Carpenter, Indianapolis, and Jessica Erin
Robertson, Fort Wayne, are the newly appointed members
of the Board of Trustees at Indiana State University.
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